tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post3520031259272853519..comments2024-03-21T00:59:27.758+00:00Comments on The Word Den: Sunday Rest: zamzawed. Word Not To Use Today.Sally Pruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-27785430715595911472014-09-03T11:37:51.448+01:002014-09-03T11:37:51.448+01:00If I had any influence with Collins they'd hav...If I had any influence with Collins they'd have published more of my books!<br /><br />But no, it was used by Henry Williamson in 1962 in his book It was the Nightingale: "You axed Zillah for me to boil'm in the furnace, an' I boiled 'm, and so you see it be no good you telling me they'm zamzawed."<br /><br />I wasn't all that literate it 1964!Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-78619950819533282892014-09-03T10:42:43.766+01:002014-09-03T10:42:43.766+01:00I thought I'd get on the case here, but 'z...I thought I'd get on the case here, but 'zamzawed' is not in my hard-copy Shorter OED, the online Oxford Dictionaries or Merriam-Webster. It is in the online Collins Dictionary, which gives no etymology other than saying it's a S.E England dialect word. <br /><br />Sally Prue - did you make this word up and somehow use your literati connections to get it into the Collins dictionary? Eddie Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286045359355498275noreply@blogger.com